work continues at the Refinery

This is the third week of diving activities on the refinery at Whitegate. Divers from CEI Collins Engineers take it in turn to dive. The divers are using surface demand when carring out their inspection of the piles. their job has been a bit more difficule this week as underwater visibility was reduced after the strong winds of last weekend. The safety of the divers is the main consideration and each morning a call is made to Cork Harbour Radio informing them when divers go in the water and again in the evening when the diving is finished for the day. All traffic into and out of Cork Harbour has to pass by the refinery and Cork Harbour radio informs each ship of the diving activity and advices them to adjust their speed. Diver makes a Splash